Vice President JD Vance fired back at Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) after she appeared to contradict an earlier statement she made, specifically that U.S. service members should “refuse illegal orders” from President Donald Trump.
Slotkin was asked on Sunday whether she believed Trump has actually issued any unlawful military orders, to which she responded in the negative, though added that “certainly there are some legal gymnastics … going on with these Caribbean strikes and everything related to Venezuela.”
Vance reposted a clip of that remark on X and suggested Slotkin’s previous statement, which came in a joint video address with Democratic veterans last week, was illegal.
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“If the president hasn’t issued illegal orders, them members of Congress telling the military to defy the president is by definition
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